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BREEZE CLEAR-UNDERWING. 



JEgeria Asiliformis. 

 PLATE XIII. Fig, 2. 



Sphinx Asiliformis, Donovan, xi. PL 384 __ Sesia (Estrifonnis, 

 Kirby and Spencers Intro, i. PI. iii. fig. 2 __ jEgeria Asilifor- 

 mis, Fabr., Stephens, Curtis. 



has rather long antennae, very slender at 

 the hase, and thickening gradually almost to the 

 tip, which terminates in a minute joint bearing a 

 tuft of hair. The suctorial trunk is likewise of 

 considerable length ; and the palpi, which are tri- 

 articulate and densely clothed with hairs and scales, 

 stand out from the head and diverge from each 

 other. The abdomen is slender and cylindric, and 

 terminates in a slightly trilobed anal tuft. Nearly 

 a dozen different kinds are included in our indi- 

 genous lists, of which one of the most conspicuous 

 is that of which the synonymy has been given 

 above. It differs from all the rest, in having the 

 superior wings opaque or almost entirely clothed 

 with scales : the body is blue-black, somewhat 

 shining, the head with two white spots before the 

 eyes and a yellow belt behind ; the thorax with a 

 yellow mark on each side, and a point of the same 

 colour at the origin of the primary wings ; the 



